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(Public,) 39 GEO. III. v 22. An Act for extending the time for returning statements under an act passed in the present session of parliament, intituled An act to repeal the duties imposed by an act, made in the last session of parliament, for granting an aid and contribution for the prosecution of the war, and to make more effectual provision for the like purpose, by granting certain duties upon income, in lieu of the said duties; and to amend the said act. Page 73

23. An Act to repeal certain parts of three acts, made in the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth years of the reign of his present Majesty, for raising a provisional force of cavalry; and for making further provision respecting such part of the provisional cavalry of this kingdom as is now actually called out and embodied. 89

24. An Act to continue, until the twenty-fifth day of May next, an act, made in the thirty-ninth year of the reign of his present Majesty, chapter nine, videlicet, On the fourth day of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, for continuing several acts, made in the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh, and in the thirty-eighth years of the reign of his present Majesty, for suspending the operation of certain acts, made in the fifteenth and seventeenth years of the reign of his present Majesty, for restraining the negotiation of promissory notes and bills of exchange, under a limited sum, within that part of Great Britain called England. 94

25. An Act to continue, until the twenty-fifth day of May next, an acct, passed in the thirty-ninth year of the reign of his present Majesty, chapter ten, videlicet, On the Fourth day of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, for continuing several acts for allowing the banks, and certain banking companies, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, to issue notes for sums under a certain amount. Ibid.

26. An Act to continue, until the twenty-fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred, an act, pasted in the session of parliament holden in the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh years of his present Majesty, chapter seventy-six, videlicet, On the sixth day of June one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, for disallowing the bounty on the exportation to Ireland of sail cloth or canvas of the manufacture of Great Britain. Ibid.

27. An Act to revive and continue, until the twenty-fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred, an act passed in the session of parliament of the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh years of his present Majesty, chapter seventy-two, videlicet, On the sixth of June one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, for prohibiting the importation of cambricks and French lawns into this kingdom, not being the manufacture of Ireland, except for the purpose of being warehoused for exportation. Ibid.

28. An Act to continue, until the twenty-fourth say of June one thousand eight hundred, an act, made in the twenty-ninth year of the reign of his late majesty King George the Second, chapter fifteen, videlicet, On the thirteenth day of November one thousand seven hundred and fifty-five, for granting a bounty on certain species of British and Irish linens exported; and taking off the duties on the importation of foreign raw linen yarns made of flax. Ibid.

29. An Act for enabling his Majesty to settle an annuity of twelve thousand pounds on his royal highness prince Edward, and a like annuity of twelve thousand pounds on his royal highness prince Ernest Augustus, during his Majesty pleasure. Ibid.

30. An Act to enable his Majesty to settle on her royal highness the princess Amelia, part of the annuity of thirty thousand pounds per annum, which his Majesty was enabled to settle on their royal highnesses his Majesty's other daughters, out of the hereditary revenues, by virtue of an act passed in the eighteenth year of the reign of his present Majesty. Page 95

31. An Act to continue, until the tenth day of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and amend an act passed in the last session of parliament, chapter ninety-two, videlicet, On the twenty-ninth day of June one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, for granting to his Majesty additional duties on distilleries in the several parts of the highlands of Scotland, for a limited time, and for regulating the duties on distilleries in the respective districts in Scotland; and for granting to his Majesty certain additional duties on spirits distilled for consumption, and a duty on unmalted grain used in distillation in Scotland. Ibid.

32. An Act to permit ships to sail from certain ports of the island of Newfoundland, and from the coast of Labrador, without convoy. Ibid.

33. An Act for raising a further sum of money, by loans or exchequer bills, for the service of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. 96

34. An Act for repealing two acts, passed in the thirty-sixth year of the reign of his present Majesty, which limit the time for killing partridges in England and Scotland; and for amending so much of an act passed in the second year of the reign of his present Majesty, as relates to such limitation within that part of Great Britain called England, by making other provisions for that purpose. Ibid.

35. An Act for exempting, during the present war, persons serving in volunteer corps and associations, from being ballotted for the militia, under certain conditions. 97

36. An Act for increasing the rates of subsistence to be paid to innkeepers and others on quartering soldiers. 100

37. An Act for remedying certain defects in the law respecting offences committed upon the high seas. Ibid.

38. An Act to continue, until the twenty-fourth day of June one thousand eight hundred and four, and amend an act, made in the thirty-fifth year of the reign of his present Majesty, for allowing the importation of rape feed, and other feeds used for extracting oil, whenever the prices of middling British rape feed shall be above a certain limit; and to continue several laws relating to the allowing the importation of seal skins cured with foreign salt, free of duty, until the twenty-fourth day of June one thousand eight hundred and four; to the more effectual encouragement of the manufactures of flax and cotton in Great Britain, until the twenty-fourth day of June one thousand eight hundred and three; and so much of an act, made in the thirty-fifth year of the reign of his present Majesty, for better securing the duties on glass, as was to continue in force for a limited time, until the fifth day of June one thousand eight hundred. Ibid.

39. An Act to amend an act, made in the thirty-fourth year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled An act for granting to his Majesty certain stamp duties on indentures of clerkships to solicitors and attornies, in any of the courts in England, therein-mentioned. 101

40. An Act to amend so much of three acts, made in the last and present sections of parliament, for making perpetual, subject to redemption and purchase, the several sums of money charged as a land tax, as relates to that part of Great Britain called Scotland. Ibid.

41. An